Publication

This report investigates the political impacts that oil is likely to have on Uganda. It argues that oil production will have transformative effects on Uganda’s local, national and regional political relations. To better understand these impacts, the report contextualizes oil developments within a historical perspective. The authors find that perceptions of economic and political marginalization in communities directly affected by oil developments could lead to grievance politics emerging in a volatile zone. The report concludes that such fears could prove politically destabilizing (at local and national levels) if government and oil companies do not engage communities in co-operative governance initiatives.